Sociology: Death & Dying

Despite the fact that we all die, humans do not share the same view of death. In Death: A Reader, Mary Ann G. Cutter explores prominent themes that...

A vital roadmap to planning your own end-of-life care.While modern Americans strive to control nearly every aspect of their lives, many of us aband...

Since the rise in deaths through Covid-19, there has been an increase in the need for personal, heartfelt ceremonies to celebrate the end of life. ...

'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With t...

The monumental sense of dislocation we experience after losing a loved one can be life-altering. There is no script for grieving--each individua...

Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind's understa...

This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm...

The theme of death is an essential component of film narrative, particularly in how it affects the hero. Filmmakers from different cultures and ...

Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman r...

The dead of Paris, before the French Revolution, were most often consigned to mass graveyards that contemporaries described as terrible and terrify...